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Tornado Warning 60, NWS Mobile, AL

September 26, 2005Santa Rosa County, Florida

NWS Mobile, AL issued this tornado warning at Sep 26, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT for Santa Rosa County, Florida. It was in force for 29 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Sep 26, 2005, 4:01 PM CDT (21:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 26, 2005, 4:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Mobile, AL
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Santa Rosa County, FL

The radar

The Eglin Afb radar (KEVX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Slidell Radar S, LA (KSIL), launched 12:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 252 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1152 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Slidell Radar S, LA at 12:00Z on 2005-09-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 108 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1152 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
619 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
108 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
300 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.5
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WFUS54 KMOB 262101
TORMOB
FLC113-262130-
/O.NEW.KMOB.TO.W.0060.050926T2101Z-050926T2130Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
401 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOBILE HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...

  SANTA ROSA COUNTY IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA

* UNTIL 430 PM CDT

* AT 359 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR
  AVALON BEACH...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE TORNADO PRODUCING STORM IS EXPECTED TO BE NEAR...GARCON POINT  
  AT 420 PM CDT

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

LAT...LON 3061 8711 3055 8720 3037 8705 3043 8696

$$
1 follow-up statement
000 
WWUS54 KMOB 262129
SVSMOB

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOBILE AL
425 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

FLC113-262130-
/O.CON.KMOB.TO.W.0060.000000T0000Z-050926T2130Z/
SANTA ROSA FL-
422 PM CDT MON SEP 26 2005

...A TORNADO WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL
SANTA ROSA COUNTY...

AT 419 PM CDT...LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT CONTINUES TO REPORT A LARGE 
FUNNEL CLOUD MOVING SOUTHWARD OVER SOUTH CENTRAL SANTA ROSA COUNTY 
NEAR GARSON POINT.  NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED 
STRONG ROTATION WITH A THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 11 MILES SOUTH OF AVALON 
BEACH...OR ABOUT 9 MILES EAST OF PENSACOLA...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 
MPH.

PERSONS LIVING IN THE PATH OF THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SHOULD TAKE COVER 
IMMEDIATELY. THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING SOUTH ACROSS EAST BAY...BEL 
ALEX ESTATES...SANTA ROSA SOUND AND SANTA ROSA BEACH THROUGH 430 PM. 

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THIS STORM.   


LAT...LON 3061 8711 3055 8720 3037 8705 3043 8696

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Mobile, AL issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 26, 9:06 AM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa24 min
Sep 26, 9:59 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMOBEscambia, Okaloosa, Santa Rosa3 hr
Sep 26, 1:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBSanta Rosa26 min
Sep 26, 3:27 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa33 min
Sep 26, 4:31 PM CDTTornado WarningMOBEscambia, Santa Rosa29 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.